AP LANGUAGE & COMPOSITION - Vocabulary Words in sentences Flashcards

13253007657	adept	Carson is adept juggler who can easily manager four balls in the air without dropping one.	0
13253007658	admonish	I hope my boss does not admonish me for being late.	1
13253007659	admonition	After the storm, the city issued a stern admonition to residents who needed to avoid flooded areas.	2
13253007660	ambiguous	Because his driving directions are ambiguous, I use my trusty GPS.	3
13253007661	apocalyptic	The most reasonably feared apocalyptic event in most of the world is the idea of a giant meteor hitting the Earth.	4
13253007662	apocryphal	Even though people know the apocryphal account of the shipwreck is false, they still tell the tale over and over again.	5
13253007663	appellation	Only a few people are allowed to call William by the appellation of Bill.	6
13253007664	archetype	When vampire books became popular, many authors tried to imitate the archetype of the most successful novel.	7
13253007665	artifice	As soon as the detectives discover the artifice the kidnapper used to lure his victim, they will have a lead on the criminal's identity.	8
13253007666	ascertain	From looking at Monica's grim face, I was able to ascertain she was in emotional distress.	9
13253007667	assiduous	The assiduous students chose to work on their term paper instead of going out to play.	10
13253007668	baize	I wish I was well enough to play you a tune and he looked wistfully towards the corner where stood the old organ, baize-covered, the baize in tatters.	11
13253007669	base	The recent shooter in the killing of 50 muslims in New Zealand was nothing more than a street punk with many base characteristics.	12
13253007670	bastion	While the library was once a bastion of knowledge through reading, today many libraries spend the majority of their funds on electronic resources.	13
13253007671	berate	As the director started to berate the cast for the hundredth time, several of the lead actors walked out.	14
13253007672	bourgeoisie	"By 1900, shutterbugs in plush urban parks in Buenos Aires and Mexico City were continually exploring spaces of leisure for the new bourgeoisie."	15
13253007673	calumny	The editor refused to publish the calumny that could possibly destroy the politician's career.	16
13253007674	cant	Most patients are unversed in medical cant so they ask their physicians to speak in layman's terms.	17
13253007675	censure	The pharmacy board will censure the pharmacist for not properly monitoring his drug supply.	18
13253007676	charismatic	Bernie was a charismatic man who found it easy to con people out of their savings.	19
13253007677	chink	It could be said that the chink in Othello's armor was jealousy and coupled with his gullibility he was doomed for disaster.	20
13253007678	coarse	The coarse young man was not sure which fork to use during the appetizer portion of the meal.	21
13253007679	confute	Certain that she could find evidence, the young lawyer set out to confute the witness's story against her client.	22
13253007680	connoisseur	Louis is a connoisseur of fine art and rarely misses an exhibit at the art museum.	23
13253007681	corporeal	On the television show, the angels assume corporeal shapes to blend in with the humans.	24
13253007682	decorous	If the students do not act decorous at the dance, they will be asked to leave.	25
13253007683	decry	The liberal news media is constantly trying to decry the efforts of the country's conservative president.	26
13253007684	defer	The doctor has decided to defer the surgery until my father's health improves.	27
13253007685	deliquesce	Because the ground is too warm, the snow will deliquesce as soon as it hits the ground.	28
13253186097	acuity	In order for my daughter to get into the school's gifted program, she had to take a mental acuity test.	29